Stand and container for electric irons



M. MCARDLE STAND AND CONTAINER FOR ELECTR'IC IRoNs original Filed Jan. 19, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 2,2, 1925. 1,566,893

M. MCARDLE l STAND AND CONTAINER FOR ELECTRIC IRONS Original Filed Jan. 19, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 hama o. 2v2, 192s.

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continuation of poumon semi no.

A 'To all wlw/m, t may concern.'

Be it known that I, MICHAEL McAnnLn, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook and the State of Illinois, have mvented certain new .and useful( Improvements in Stands and gether with its electric cable packed therein for shipment and also 'adapted to serve as a container for the iron when out of service and for that purpose adapted to have the iron enclosed therein while still heated and to suiiicicntly insulate the same so that after uscof the iron it ma be put away in the container without waiting for 1t to become cooled, said container being also adapted to serve as a stand for resting the iron while hot, momentarily, 'in the intervals of operatingtherewith. It consists in the elements and features of construction shown and dcscribed as indicated in the claims.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container embodying this invention, the same being shown closed with the iron indicated in dotted line therein.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Figure 3' is a vertical transverse section through the container closed.

Fifrure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the container open and the position of the iron indicated therein as in the mo- `mentary intervals of ironing employing the container as a stand for the hot iron.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the case shown at open position on a shelf as when ex osed for display and sale.

igure 6 is a section at the line, 6-6, on Fi re 4.

igure 7 is a view similar to Figure 6 showlng a different form of cable storing ocket and showing also the iron in ful line in -the case at closed position of the latter.

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.Figure 8 is a section at the line, 8 8, on 5l F1 re 7.A

igure 9 is a detail section taken at a transverse vertical plane through the latchin hook in the'closedV position of the container illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure l0 is a perspective view of a stand designed for` enclosure with the iron for storage and shipment.

The container shown inthe drawings is adapted and designed to be made of sheet metal stampings having the permanently united parts secured together by electric welding at their lappings. 'The device is substantially rectangular comprising bottom,l 1, ends, 2, 2, and back, 3, permanently united rigidly at their respective corners.

In the construction shown, the bottom, 1 and the ends, 2, 2, are made in one piece and folded at right angles to form the end bottom corners of the container, and the back, 3, is made in a separate iece folded to form iianges, 2, 2b, 2b, at the ottom and vertical end edges for lapping and welding outside the bottom, 1, and ends, 2, 2, res ectively. The top, 4, is hinged at its rear e ge to the upper edge of the back 3. The forward side or front door, 5,' is hin ed at its lower edge to the forward edge o the bottom, 1, and the said top and front side are constructed for locking enga ement with each other as hereinafter descri ed at their inceting edges at the forward side of the top and upper side of the front. The bottom, 1, is provided with supports or rests, 7, for the iron, two near one end for the heel, and a third near the other end for the toe of the iron. These rests are preferably bosses struck u from the bottom and laterally aperture as shown at 7* for ventilation of said rests and through the rests, of the container when it is closedwith the hot iron in it, for which latter purpose the" case has Ventilating apertures at the up er part, as for exam le, in the ends as lndicated at 16, 16. e container is designed to be carried with the iron in it by means of a4v handle, 8, secured to the top, 4; and desirably the weight of the container and contents should be balanced under the position of the handle. For ositioning the iron in the con- Ealancing the wei ht, the container is dimensioned as to widt and length so as toallow minimum play or waste area around the iron; but some space must be allowed to permit the easy introduction and removal of the iron, and with such allowance the shifting of the position of the iron Awhich would be possible in the absencev of limiting means', would be sulicicnt to Render the device unbalanced with respect to the handle, and for this purpose,-that is, to center the iron under the handle,- there are provided rojecting from the rear wall, 3, and from t e front wall or door, 5, stops, 9, 9, identical in form with the rests, 7, and ositioned for stopping laterally the body oiP the iron when it is lodged upon the rests 7.

Fdr convenience of affording rests for the iron outside the container instead 0f within it, or in addition to the proyision for resting it within the container 1n the momentary intervals of use, the front door, 5, has in addition to thestop, 9, identical devlces, 9, 9", the three elements, 9, Qa, 9Il being arranged on the front door-s1m1larly to the arrangement of the three rests, 7, on the bottom, so that when the front door 1s folded down to open position and thereby lodged upon the users ironing table or stand, the iron may be momentarily rested upon .the open door, if this is found more convement than to lodge it upon the bottom of the container. f

The bottom, 1, has struck downward from it near the four corners, bosses, 7, for spacing the container slightly from the vtable on which it may stand, to avoid burny ing the table by the heat of the iron lodged upon the rests, 7 and similarly the front door, 5, has outstruck bosses, 5?, for spacing the door away from the table onto which it is swung at open position.

For rendering the container as stiff as ossible at closed condition of the cover and ront door, and adapting these members to thus stiften the container, the cover, 4, has its ends and forward edge ianged downwardly, said flanges, 4a, at the end s lapping outside the en ds, 2, 2, of the container, and the ange, 4", at the forward ed e of the cover lapping outside the upper e ge of the front side of door, 5, when the latter is swung up to closed position. The order of closing, therefore, is, first, to swing up the front door, and then to swing down the top cover, bringing its forward liange, 4P, outside the front door. The front door has its ends and upper edge similarly fianged, the end fianges, 5d, lapping outside the ends, 2, 2, of the container and its upper edge iange, 5e, folded at an acute angle' to the inner surface of the said front door and thereby extending inside the cover when the latter is closed with its own front fiange, 4", engaging'outside said front door. Inasmuch as it is designed that the container shall be carried with its contents by the handle at the top, it is necessary to engage the top with the front door in a manner to resist vertical separation of the two parts at their meeting edges. This is most readily effected by'means of a hook, 12, pivoted on the forward iange, 4", of the top and engaging a staple, 13, which rojects outwardl from the forward sici of the front oor, 5. e

A specific purpose for which this container is designed is, to accommodate in it, both for shipment and in intervals of use, the electric cable through which the iron is energized, which is detachable from the iron as well as from the socket in the electric circuit by which the iron is energized, and which has proper terminals for these connections. It is important to avoid coiling the cable around the iron for storin itwith the iron when the latter is hotafter use;

,and at the same time it is desirable to be able to store the cable with the iron. For this purpose there is provided in the container at th'e back and upper part a pocket which extends to withina short distance of each end, (space being left between the ends of the pocket and the end walls for a check, 14, which may be used at either or both ends shown only at the left hand endfor checking the cover at open, rearwardly inclined position, as seen in Figures 4 and 5, and

hereinafter more particularly explained).

Thisl pocket is made adequate to accom` modate a cable of the length with which the irons are customarily equip ed. It is `then formed by means ofp a sheet metal partition, 15, lfor welding to the ends and back of the container. Ifdesired, this partition may be made hollow by folding the metal sheet double, with space between the folds which may contain a sheet of asbestos or the like, 15a. `The artition, 15, is located a little rearward rom the position of the handle 'of the iron when the latter is lodged on the rests, 7, and stopped between the stops, 9; so that the iron carried by its handle may be placed in and removed from the container without hindrance by reason of the partition; and for the same purposes,-to permit the easy introduction of the iron by the .natural oblique movement downward and inward, lor, upward and outward for remoVal,-the bottom of the pocket is sloped as shown, down rearwardly from the vertical forward position of the partition to the back wall of the container. v

The check, 14, is desirably formed of the shape shown to adapt it in the closing of the cover, to pass down behind the partition wall which forms the front side of the cable Ipocket and in a pocket, 20, formed for the check between the end wall of the case and the partition, 20", which formsthe end of its upper end tothe under side ofthe cover, asv seen at 14, and. for the stop ing of the cover at the proper rearwar y mchned y position, the check fulcrums over the hin e v wardly-inclined position of the cover.

of the cover to the rear wall, as seen at 1 and at its lower free end it is sto ped on the wall oithe check pocket, 20, thls sto page in the form shown in the principal gures being by means of a slot, 20, at the bottom oi the ,check pocket, the forward end of which is encountered by the check at the osition to which the check is rocked over its fulcrum on the hinge at the proper reaArtthe closed position of the cover the check hangsfdown freely through said slot in the bottom of the check pocket in the position shown in Figure 8 (which figure, however, represents a diierent form of pocket, but shows the same form of check and its location at closed positionzx.

In Figures 7 and 8 t ere is shown a cablestoring pocket, Mx, in a different position utilizing otherwise unoccupied space in the rectangular space containing an iron of the customary taper-nosed form. In these figures the pocket is vertical instead of horizontal and extends from to to bottom of the case at the back left hang end corner,- that is, behind the position of the forward tapered end of the iron when the latter is stored in the case. With a pocket of this form there is also formed a check pocket,

20, which, however, need not have any slotted bottom, the end of the check beine sto pcd upon the forward wall of the ehecl poc et, as shown in dotted line in Figure 8. In conjunction with this container, to be stored with the iron therein, and to be used instead of lodging the iron on the rests, 7, 7 7, or on the corres ending rests formed on the front member w en at open osition, I have provided a stand AA2, whic is designed and ada ted to be positioned on the ironing table in ependently of the container, and also adapted to be placed in the container with the iron when the same is stored outv of useV or for shipment or display on sale. This stand comprisestwo plates, A, A2, which are spaced apart and secured together by spacing studs, a, shouldered and riveted into the plates at their upper and lower ends, respectivel The lower plate has hollow diecut an( stamped legs, A7, dimensioned to 'fit over the bosses, 7, of the container bottom, or on the corresponding bosses of the front door, 5, and thereby to position the i stand, A, either in the container when it is curs through both lsets ot' bosses. It will be understood that the empio ment of two plates, A and A2, in the stant is for the urpose of Ventilating under the bottom o the iron and so preventing the lower plate, and whose foot may rest directly on the ironing board or on the fabric covering thereof and whose under surface is slightly spaced from the support from becoming so hot as to burn the board or the cloth.

I .elaimz- 1. A container and stand for an electric iron consisting of a case which is. openable forwardly and upwardly for entrance and exit of the iron, said case having mounted on its back wall and extending down behind the position of the handle or the iron and upwardl open pocket dimensioned for stormg the detachable electric cable of the iron.

2. A container for an electric iron having ninged top and forward side adapted to open respectively upwardly and downwardl to permit the insertion and removal of the 1ron y combined vertical and horizontal nievements, said case being horizontally dimensioned to accommodate the iron substantially without waste area on the bottom; means forpositioning the iron approximately centrally of the width of the bottom of the case consisting of stops projecting substantially at the lane of the body of the iron from the bac wall and front wall respectively.

3. A container for an electric iron and its' cable having hinged top and forward side adapted to open respectively upward and downward to permit the insertion and removal of the iron by the combined vertical and horizontal movement, said case being horizontall dimensioned to accommodate the iron su stantially without waste area on the bottom, and a pocket for the cable formed by a partition mounted at the back and upper part of the container spaced rearward of the position of the handle of the iron, and terminating downwardly at a distance above the body of the iron suiiicient to permit the entrance and removal of the iron by rocking it over its forward bottom edge.

4. A container for an electric iron and its cable having hinged to and forward side, and thereby adapted to be and upwardly for insertion and removal of the iron; rests for the iron on the bottom of opened forwardly'` the container and a pocket at the upper rear part of the case for the electric cable, said pocket .havin its forward side extending at a position su ciently rearward of the osition of the handle of the iron when lo( ged upon the rests to clear the hand of theoperator grasping said handle, and its bottom extending above the body of the iron at a sufficient distance to permit the latter to be tilted over the forward rest in entering and removing the iron.

5. A container for an electric iron having its forward side hinged at the lower edge to form a door openable by swinging downward and outward, said door having bosses projecting inwardly therefrom at closed position and upwardly therefrom at open position, adapted to constitute rests for the iron in the intervals of its use.

6'. A container for an electric iron having the bottom provided with projections constituting rests for the iron, and the front and rear wall provided with similar projections constituting lateral stops for the iron when lodged upon said bottom rests; thefront Wall being hin ed at its lower edge to constitute a door a apted to be swung to horizontal position for opening, said door having proJections similar and additional to the one which stops the iron horizontally at closed position and arranged to serve as rests for the iron at open position.

7. A container and stand for an electric iron ada ted to receive the iron lodged while hot on t e bottom of the container during the intervals of use, said container bottom having ventilated rests for up olding the Viron from the surface of sai container bottom.

8. A container for `an electric iron adapted to receive and enclose the same for storage while hot aftera period of use, vsaid contamer bemg apertured at the' up r part `for ventilation to facilitate the coo ing of the iron, the bottom of the container having rests for lodgement of the iron, said rests being hollow, and Athe bottom of the container being perforated under the rests,and said rests being perforated for co-operating for. ventilation with the apertures at the upper part of the container.

9. A container for an electric iron and its cable having forward side and top hin ed and thereby adapted to be open forwardly and upwardly for insertion and removal of the iron, said container having a pocket for storing the electric cable at the rear part thereof, a check for checking the cover at open position, inclined rearwardlyupward; a pocket in the container at one end thereof, formed between the end wall and the adjacent end of the cable pocket for accommodating said check.

10. A container for an electric iron and its cable havin forward side and top hin d and thereby a apted to. be opened forwarly and upwardly for insertion and removal of the iron, said container having a pocket for storin the electric cable at the rear part thereo a check for checking the cover at open position, inclined rearwardly upward; a pocket in the container at one end thereof, formed between the end wall and theV adjacent end of, the cable ocket for accommodating said check, sai check being fulcrumed over the cover hinge and checked at its free end on the wall of the check pocket for holding the cover at said open position.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 13th day of March, 1924.

' MICHAEL- McARDLE. 

